Below Deck’s Captain Kerry Met His Girlfriend When She Worked for Him While He Was Married

Below Deck‘s Captain Kerry Titheradge shared some rare insight into his personal life.

During the Monday, June 23, episode of the hit Bravo series, Captain Kerry mentioned girlfriend Ghönül Bihan to stew Barbara Kulaif, saying, “My girlfriend, they get one day off a week [on their boat].”

Kerry was asked how he met Ghönül. “She worked for me when I was married,” he revealed. “A few years later, I said, ‘How about we go out for dinner?'”

Before joining the Below Deck franchise, Kerry went through a divorce with ex-wife Jennifer. The former couple, who split in 2020, have two children together. Kerry appeared on Below Deck Adventure two years after his marriage came to an end.

After a one-season stint on the short-lived spinoff, Kerry took over on Below Deck in season 11 after Captain Lee Rosbach‘s exit.

“That came right out of left field. I did not see that one coming at all,” Lee exclusively told Us Weekly in May 2023. “[I was told], ‘We would like to move in a new direction.’ But I mean, that’s kind of a cliché that everybody uses when they find themselves in that situation where they’re going to let somebody go. ‘I’m going to move in a new direction. We want to freshen it up a little.’ [They are] tired clichés that get overused.”

Kerry, meanwhile, credited all the Below Deck captains for supporting him amid his transition from Below Deck Adventure.

“Everybody [reached out]. On the way down to Grenada, I was chatting with Lee in the car. He was talking about the boat. He talked about Fraser [Olender] and Ben [Willoughby],” he explained to Us in May 2024. “[Captain] Jason [Chambers] reached out. [Captain] Glenn [Shephard] reached out. We pick on each other a lot, so he calls me his stunt double. It’s a big family. We genuinely are. It’s great.”

The captain previously acknowledged that he was taking over after Lee led the show for 10 seasons.

“I know I have big shoes to fill — but I like it that way,” Kerry said during a 2024 episode of the show. “We all have good days full of rainbows and unicorns and then we have some bad days. I expect perfection. You work hard, you will be rewarded. You f*** around, and I will f***ing turn in a heartbeat.”

Before season 11 premiered on Bravo, Kerry teased several cast exits, telling Us in February 2024, “I think we may have reached the record of firings this season.”

Kerry said he made it a priority not to “make judgments” about the cast before getting to know everyone.

“I try not to make judgments when they turn up. It’s important to look at their CVs,” he told Us. “This year I made a decision that I wasn’t going to give stripes out. I wasn’t going to allocate anyone full-time on something before knowing how they work, who they are and what attitude they bring to the team. That was great. That really enabled me to make a decision that I’m proud of and that worked for the season. So that was cool.”

Below Deck airs on Bravo Mondays at 8 p.m. ET. New episodes stream the next day on Peacock.